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<img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/print-edition/webWIneBottleGlassGrapes*100.jpg?v=1">It is the time to submit the wines for the oldest wine ranking in the nation, the annual California State Fair wine contest.
Applications to submit wines for judging can be done online. The deadline is May 3. Commercial wineries can find information, a handbook and entry form online at www.bigfun.org/wine.
Actual samples of the wine must be submitted by May 3 to Expo Center, Building 6, located on the grounds of Cal Expo.
First held in 1855, the State Fair’s wine competition is the oldest wine…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/04/why-is-apple-hiring-in-elk-grove.htmlWhy is Apple hiring in Elk Grove?Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:35:04 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/04/why-is-apple-hiring-in-elk-grove.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/Apple2_elkgrove090712DM*100.jpg?v=1">Apple Inc. has long been secretive about what it does in Elk Grove. But whatever the company does there, it is doing more of it.
Just last week, the company listed nine positions as open at that location. That’s on top of nine positions listed as open the prior week.
In fact, the Elk Grove operation has been hiring steadily for most of the past year.
What are these positions, you may ask?
The positions range from the usual customer service and support positions to things such as “worldwide…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/midtown-eatery-fires-back-after-gunfire.htmlMidtown eatery fires back after gunfireFri, 29 Mar 2013 19:04:09 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/midtown-eatery-fires-back-after-gunfire.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/SAC-Buckhorn1-1009NN*100.jpg?v=1">After someone took some pot shots at the Buckhorn Grill Midtown early on Friday morning, the Buckhorn reacted with a “Pistol Pete Special.”
“Despite what you may have seen or heard, Buckhorn Grill in Midtown is open for business. We have a few holes, but that wont keep you from your favorite Friday lunch,” said a email blast from the company.
Part of that email also offered one-day only $5.99 special on the tri-tip burger, which is a regular hamburger topped with an order of Buckhorn’s…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/paragary-spataro-makeover-selling-decor.htmlHere's your chance to get a piece of SpataroThu, 21 Mar 2013 19:42:29 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/paragary-spataro-makeover-selling-decor.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/110751/movingsalepricetag*100.jpg">Paragary Restaurant Group is changing the decor of its downtown Spataro Restaurant & Bar in a makeover, and to get rid of the decor from that place, the company is selling planters, lamp shades and some furniture on Craigslist, according to links on Paragary’s Facebook page.
It’s not a case of everything must go, but it looks like a lot of it is available. And cheap, too. There’s leather benches for $50.
Spataro shut down last week for a quick remodel into two new venues in April.
The new…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/roseville-starbucks-no-couches-lobby.htmlStarbucks hut: Coming soon to RosevilleMon, 18 Mar 2013 18:37:01 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/roseville-starbucks-no-couches-lobby.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/43681/starbucks-logo*100.jpg">A construction management company has submitted plans to the city of Roseville for a modern and modular LEED-certified new Starbucks store in the north part of the city.
Big deal, right?
This one is different.
It’s a Starbucks coffee hut.
It has no couches. It doesn’t even have a lobby.
All the construction material for one hut the company opened so far in Colorado came from within a 500-mile radius.
The one in Denver is interesting to look at; it could almost be considered art. It’s…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/former-pyramid-alehouse-site-interest.htmlBeer run: Former Pyramid Alehouse site getting lots of interestFri, 15 Mar 2013 14:40:01 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/former-pyramid-alehouse-site-interest.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/pyramid_alehouse_brewery_logo*100.jpeg?v=1">The former Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery & Restaurant at 1029 K St. is seeing a lot of interest from restaurant operators — all of whom, so far, want to keep it as a tap house.
After a 10-year run, Pyramid closed its doors permanently March 4.
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After getting the listing this week, the broker representing the property had already had five tours with serious operators by Thursday.
“There has been a lot of interest,” said Greg Thomas, senior vice president with…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/icing-on-the-cupcake-expands.htmlIcing on the Cupcake expands locations, offerings beyond cupcakesWed, 13 Mar 2013 19:05:47 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/icing-on-the-cupcake-expands.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/77141/icingonthecupcakeowners*100.jpg">Christee Owens, founder and co-owner of Icing on the Cupcake, is adding two more locations — and a lot more than cupcakes.
She started in 2007 with a tiny store in Rocklin and quickly built to four locations that feature cupcakes in 45 flavors.
The Rocklin-based company has two locations in Rocklin and one each in Sacramento and Folsom.
The new store in Citrus Heights opened this week at 5867 Sunrise Blvd., part of the Sunrise Marketplace shopping center.
A sixth location will open late in…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/spataro-closing-hock-farm-vanguard-bar.htmlSpataro closing, to rebirth as farm-to-table restaurant, barWed, 13 Mar 2013 14:45:07 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/spataro-closing-hock-farm-vanguard-bar.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/fork_tomato_315*100.jpg?v=1">Spataro Restaurant & Bar is shutting down Sunday for a quick remodel into two new venues in April.
The new restaurant will be Hock Farm Craft & Provisions, named after John Sutter’s Hock Farm, the first large-scale agriculture operation other than a cattle ranch in California, established in 1841.
What had been the bar at Spataro will open as Vanguard, operated by the owner of Social night club and Bar West. Vanguard will be a high-end bar.
Hock Farm will be a farm-to-table restaurant, featuring…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/original-mikuni-in-fair-oaks-reopens.htmlOriginal Mikuni in Fair Oaks reopeningFri, 01 Mar 2013 21:42:56 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/03/original-mikuni-in-fair-oaks-reopens.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://media.bizj.us/view/img/38811/sushichopstickssalmonrollthinkstock*100.jpg">The original Mikuni Restaurant in Fair Oaks reopens again to the public on Wednesday, just over two months after a fire shuttered the place.
A fire broke out in the restaurant in the early morning of Dec. 29, and the fire was quickly contained by the sprinkler system.
The restaurant, however, was flooded.
After extensive work and an interior remodel, the restaurant passed. The restaurant will ramp up with several private events and thank you parties leading up to the opening for the general public.
The…http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/02/intel-sponsoring-perceptual-hack-interac.htmlIntel sponsoring 'perceptual' hack for interactive applicationsThu, 28 Feb 2013 22:19:10 +0000Mark Andersonhttp://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/2013/02/intel-sponsoring-perceptual-hack-interac.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
<img src="http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/intel_LS-gesturing1*100.jpg?v=1">You can wave your hands and make stuff happen at an Intel Perceptual Hack starting on March 22 and running through the next 26 hours in downtown Sacramento.
The event is at the Hacker Lab in downtown Sacramento.
It challenges participants to develop application prototypes where the hand, voice or face act as a controller.
Forget about using a mouse or even hand-held controllers. Your hand — even your fingers — are the controllers.
The event will be using the Intel Perceptual Computing software…